Hydrocarbon-burner



(No Model.)

M. I'. GALE. HYDROGARBON BURNER.

Patented'June 11, 1895.

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MOSES GALE, OF BROOKLYN, NEN YORK.

HYDROCARBON-BU RN-ER.

` SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 540,811", dated June11,1895. f

Application tiled February 16l 1895. Serial No. 538,732. (No model.) 4

To all .whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, MOSES F. GALE, of Brooklyn, in the county of Kingsand State of New York, have invented certain new and vusefulImprovements in Hydrocarbon-Burners, of which the following is a full,clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to improvements in that class of devices which areused to burn the -combined vapor of oil and air, and the object -of myinvention is to produce a device of this character which is veryY cheapyand simple, which may be very conveniently arranged on an ordinarychandelier or in asimilar way within a room, which may be used inconnection with various kinds of oil,which has means for thoroughlysubdividing the oil and mingling the oil Vapor with air to produceahighly combustible gaseous mixture, and which is adapted to lfurnish acheap and brilliant light.

To these ends my invention consists of certain features of constructionand combination of parts, which will behereinafter fully set forth andclaimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, formingapart ofthis specification, in which similar figures of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the views.

Figurel is a broken plan view of the burner embodying my invention. fFig. 2 is a vertical cross-section on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 isan inverted sectional plan on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4. is adetailed end view of the coupling-nut used in connection with thedevice.

The burner is provided with a hollow body 10 which is preferably in theshape of a short cylinder, although it may bel in any preferred design,and this body has on one side an inlet pipe 11,which can be castintegral with the body, while on the opposite side of the body is anipple 12 which is made in order that the body of the burner may be moreeasily cast, and this nipple is usually closed by a plug 13, but it canbe used, if desired, to make any pipe connection which may be necessary.

Thepipe 11 is adapted to receive the oil supply which is delivered intothe pipe 11 through a supply pipe 14, the connection between the twopipes being effected by a coupling nut 15 which screws to the pipe 14,and screws into the enlarged end 16 ofthe pipe 11, this nut 15 having aninner perforated plate 17 at its end, through which plate the oil passesand the plate is intc-gralv with the nut.

The pipe 11 is packed with cork 18, or with a packing of iron filings,or other suitable matter which, has a tendency to disintegrate andsubdivide the volume of oil which enters the burner, and this packingisheld in a screen 19 which is of a generally cylindrical shape and whichprojects from pipe 11 into body 10 `in Fig. 2 and which leads into themixing chamber 22 which is formed in the top of the core 20 and in thecap 23 which is screwed to the top of the core. From the mixing chamber22, the oil passes through a screen 21 into supplemental chamber 25, andfrom thence downward through a small bore 26, through a transverse bore27, thence down through the central bore 2S of the core 20 into theburner proper 29, which is screwed to the reduced end 30 at the bottomof the core 20, and which is preferably of a general cylindrical shape,the burner proper being provided with numerous transverse perforations31- through which the oil escapes until the burner is heated, andthrough which the carbureted air, or hydro-carbon gas passes after theburner is heated. The burner proper 29 is encircled at its lower end bya cup 32 into which the oil iiows before the burner is hot and in whichthe oil is ignited, as will be presently described.

The operation of the burner is as follows: The oil is turned on throughthe pipe 14 which can, of course, be regulated by any usual cock, andfrom the pipe the oil'passes through the packing 18 where it is filteredand subdivided and, entering the body 10, it finds the bore 21,

passes out through the bore to the chamber 22, thence through the screen24, thence downward through the bores 25 and 28 into the burner proper'29, and thence into the cupl 32 where it is ignited. As -soon as the oilis ignitedit begins to heat the burner and the flame from the burnerproperacts directly ou IOO the shallow body 10 so that as the oil entersit it is quickly vaporized and passes downward across bore 27, where itis mingled with a supply of atmospheric air, and the mingled air andvapor enter the burner proper 29, and as the air is thoroughlycarbureted the gaseous vapor formed as above burns with a clearbrilliantlight at the perforations 31.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- 1. A hydro-carbon burner, com rising a hollow bodyhavinga suitable oil in et, a central core projecting through the body,the core having concentric chambers at one end and being provided with abore leading from the body to the outer ohambena bore leading from theinner chamber longitudinally through the core, and a bore intersectingsaid longitudinal bore, a screen between the outer and inner chambersofthe core, and a perforated burner on the unchainbered end of the core,substantially as described.

2. A hydro-carbon burner, comprising a hollow body having suitable oilsupply, a longitudinally bored cored-extending through the body, thecore being provided with concentric chambers at one end, with a boreleading from the outer chamber to the hollow body, and with an air boreintersecting the longitudinal bore, a screen arranged between the chambers of the core, a movable cap covering the chambers, and a detachableperforated burner on the unchambered end of the core, substantially asdescribed.

8. The combination with the hollow body having a suitable oil supply,and a longitudinally bored core extending vertically through the body,the said core having an air bore intersecting the longitudinal bore, achambered end, and a bore leading from the chambered end to the body ofthe perforated .burner Screwed to the lower end of the core and providedwith a cup which is arranged beneath the perforations of the burner,substantially as described. p

MOSES F. GALE.

Witnesses:

WARREN B. I-IUTCHINSON,` N. M. FLANNERY.

